Citations:Muddy Mississippi


 * 1) Locks and Dam No.26 (replacement), Mississippi River, Alton, IL (MO,IL): Environmental Impact Statement. (1974). United States: (n.p.). section 2.1.5.4
 * That portion of the Mississippi River downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River is characterized by a very high suspended sediment load and is often called the "Muddy Mississippi".
 * 1) France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. (2005). United Kingdom: ABC-CLIO. p.818
 * Flowing westward, the Missouri River dumps silt into the Mississippi from the states of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana, occasioning the nickname “The Muddy Mississippi.”